Pharmacy

At the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences our pharmacy faculty represent different disciplines within the field of pharmacy. With courses taught by professors from each department, our students receive exceptional learning tools that will prepare them for a wide range of practice settings.

The Department of Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry provides broad training for careers in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, and governmental positions. Students may acquire experience in an industrial setting through cooperative work projects or internships with biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies. Our programs are designed to allow faculty and students to develop close working relationships throughout the student's training while providing a high degree of flexibility in the selection of individual courses of study and research projects.

The Department of Pharmacy Practice prepares clinician-scholars who are responsive to pharmaceutical care issues in society. Programs of study leading to the MS and PhD are built upon the specialty areas of Pharmacy Practice faculty to provide a unique interdisciplinary program which will meet each student's special educational objective. Graduates of our programs are prepared for careers in academia, pharmacy practice, and industry.

The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology provides broad training for students in preparation for a career in both academia and industry. For students interested in an academic career in higher education, opportunities exist to gain experience in teaching and administering a variety of laboratory and lecture courses. Students may also gain experience in an industrial setting through cooperative work projects or internships with biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies.